Answering a question occupies a student’s working memory. Thus, asking questions elicits a student’s attention. The only problem with this generalization is that once a student is called on to answer a question, the other students in class may disengage and focus on something else. Consequently, if questioning activities are used to capture students’ attention, they must increase the number of students who answer each question. A teacher can use a number of activities to increase response rates. Here we present a more in-depth look at questioning strategies.
Answering a question occupies a student’s working memory. Thus, asking questions elicits a student’s attention. The only problem with this generalization is that once a student is called on to answer a question, the other students in class may disengage and focus on something else. Consequently, if questioning activities are used to capture students’ attention, they must increase the number of students who answer each question. A teacher can use a number of activities to increase response rates. Here we present a more in-depth look at questioning strategies.
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